halloween 2018

another halloween has come and gone! i haven't dressed up for halloween for at least 12 years, but this year i decided i wanted to. when we went to goodwill and value village to look for costumes for the kids, i checked out the second hand adult costumes and found a super woman dress. the kids wanted to be batman and batgirl, so i thought it was a good fit :) we didn't have any luck convincing thatcher to dress up, though. ha! 

tuesday night we finally got to light our pumpkins outside:

on wednesday, ashford got to wear his costume to school and they painted pumpkins to celebrate. 

azalea's school doesn't allow halloween celebrations (to be respectful of everyone's' backgrounds and beliefs), they did a fall craft instead.

here are the kids before we left the house: 

for the second year in a row, we went down to the ballard business district for trick or treating in the late afternoon. i was so excited to do it again after realizing how fun it was last year. i thought i was a traditionalist who would only accept house-to-house trick or treating, but this is actually way more fun. it's like a halloween party with families all dressed up, all of the businesses hand out candy, and everyone is in a great mood. we met thatcher down there, as well as vanessa and her family. ewan was lego batman, so we were quite the super hero crew: 

we tricked or treated for about an hour and a half before heading to "hi life" for dinner. we did that last year as well. it was really fun. we were home by 7:30 to count/sort our loot, and then off to bed! 

i am so excited for the next two months! i've already pumped some christmas music today (are you surprised?) and i'm counting down the days until we can put our tree up. my favorite time of year!